# condoms were sold in sizes labeled 'extra large', 'large' and ....

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**Created:** [February 4, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condoms-were-sold-in-sizes-labeled-extra-large-large-and/527720 "2010-02-04T21:25:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condoms-were-sold-in-sizes-labeled-extra-large-large-and/527720/41 "2010-03-21T23:03:51Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Buy Japanese condoms. I’ve found that are sized…snugly compared to American brands.

At a local chemist I saw that the boxes containing the “snug fit” condoms sold by an international brand had one of two patterns on them - either manga-style artwork or karma sutra-style artwork.

All other styles were decorated with less ethnically-specific artwork.

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